Rohit Sharma produced a stroke-filled 75 in the third ODI between India and South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, bringing up multiple major milestones along the way. Among them, he overtook Sachin Tendulkar in a significant national record.
The former India captain surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar to become India’s highest run-scoring opener against South Africa in international cricket. Rohit entered the match needing 45 runs to break the record, and he achieved the feat in the 17th over of the chase. His fluent half-century was also his second of the series, following the 57 he scored in the opener in Ranchi, and marked his 94th fifty-plus score in ODIs — the joint third-highest for an Indian batter.
Most International Runs as Opener for India vs South Africa:
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1,736* – Rohit Sharma (46 innings)
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1,734 – Sachin Tendulkar (40 innings)
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1,483 – Shikhar Dhawan (43 innings)
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1,466 – Virender Sehwag (36 innings)
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1,135 – Sourav Ganguly (25 innings)
Adding to his list of achievements, Rohit also crossed 20,000 international runs, becoming only the fourth Indian to reach the landmark after Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid.
Most International Runs for India:
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Sachin Tendulkar – 34,357
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Virat Kohli – 27,910
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Rahul Dravid – 24,064
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Rohit Sharma – 20,000*
Earlier, South Africa posted 270 after being asked to bat, as India finally won an ODI toss for the first time since the 2023 World Cup semifinal — ending a streak of 21 consecutive losses at the toss.
South Africa Playing XI:
Rickelton, de Kock (wk), Bavuma (c), Breetzke, Markram, Brevis, Jansen, Bosch, Maharaj, Ngidi, Baartman
India Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (wk/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
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